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Kusama rc transaction API

The rc transaction API from Kusama — 5 operation(s) for rc transaction.

Kusama rc transaction API is one of 21 APIs that Kusama publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include rc transaction. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 5 operations across 5 paths, and defines 16 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 20.14.1.

Requests are made against 5 base URLs: https://polkadot-public-sidecar.parity-chains.parity.io/, https://kusama-public-sidecar.parity-chains.parity.io/, https://polkadot-asset-hub-public-sidecar.parity-chains.parity.io/, https://kusama-asset-hub-public-sidecar.parity-chains.parity.io/, http://localhost:8080.

5 operations 5 paths 16 schemas 2 GET3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
20.14.1
Base URL
https://kusama-rpc.polkadot.io/
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 5

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 2 GET, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

rc transaction 5
POST
/rc/transaction
Submit a transaction to the relay chain node's transaction pool.
submitRcTransaction body → 200400
POST
/rc/transaction/dry-run
Dry run an extrinsic on the relay chain.
dryrunRcTransaction body → 200400
POST
/rc/transaction/fee-estimate
Receive a fee estimate for a relay chain transaction.
feeEstimateRcTransaction body → 200400
GET
/rc/transaction/material
Get all the relay chain network information needed to construct a transaction offline.
getRcTransactionMaterial 3 params → 200400
GET
/rc/transaction/material/{metadataVersion}
Get all the relay chain network information needed to construct a transaction offline and the version of metadata specified in metadataVersion.
getRcTransactionMaterialwithVersionedMetadata 3 params → 200400

Schemas 16

The contract defines 16 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are TransactionFeeEstimateFailure (7 properties), TransactionMaterial (7 properties), TransactionFailedToSubmit (5 properties), TransactionFailedToParse (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Transaction
object
1 property
DryRunBody
object
3 properties
TransactionFeeEstimateFailure
object
7 properties
TransactionFeeEstimate
object
Note: partialFee does not include any tips that you may add to increase a transaction's priority. See [computefee](https://crates.parity.io/pallettransactionpa…
3 properties
WeightsV2
object
2 properties
TransactionDryRun
object
References: - PostDispatchInfo: https://docs.rs/frame-support/38.0.0/framesupport/dispatch/struct.PostDispatchInfo.html - DispatchError: https://docs.rs/sp-run…
2 properties
BlockIdentifiers
object
2 properties
Error
object
4 properties
TransactionMaterial
object
Note: chainName, specName, and specVersion are used to define a type registry with a set of signed extensions and types. For Polkadot and Kusama, chainName is…
7 properties
TransactionSuccess
object
1 property
TransactionDispatchOutcome
object
The result of a valid transaction submitted via the dry-run endpoint.
2 properties
TransactionFailedToSubmit
object
Error message when the node rejects the submitted transaction.
5 properties
TransactionValidityError
object
The error result from an invalid transaction submitted via the dry-run endpoint.
1 property
TransactionDispatchError
object
The reason why the dispatch call failed.
1 property
TransactionFailure
TransactionFailedToParse
object
Error message when Sidecar fails to parse the transaction.
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

kusama-rc-transaction-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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